The 47-year-old was praised by judges for the 'scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity' of his novel.
The 47-year-old was praised by judges for the"scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity" of his novel.Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida.
Karunatilaka was presented with a trophy by Queen Consort Camilla on Monday at the literary award's first in-person ceremony since 2019.The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida is a novel set in 1990, during Sri Lanka's civil war, when the main character Maali Almeida wakes up dead with no idea who has killed him.
The gay war photographer and gambler has"seven moons" to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will shock the country. In his acceptance speech on Monday, Karunatilaka said:"My hope for Seven Moons is that in the not too distant future... it is read in a Sri Lanka that has understood that these ideas of corruption, race baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work.
"I hope it is read in a Sri Lanka that learns from its stories and that Seven Moons will be in the fantasy section of the bookshop and will... not be mistaken for realism or political satire."
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